Christmas Card Throwdown

Monday, 29 February 2016

Hi there everyone, this is the card I made today to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #194 "Tropical" http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au I cut out a small opening with Spellbinders Nestabilities "Small Octagons" and coloured it with Blue, Green and Yellow with Memento Ink Pads, I then cut out a pair of Palm Trees with another Spellbinders in'spire die "Paradise Palms"which I shaded with distress ink pads, Peeled paint and Walnut Stain" , and also cut out a pair of thongs, also known as Flip Flops, with a Cottage Cutz cutting die "Flip Flops", I used a piece of tropical paper on the inside of the card, I also cut out the Christmas Greetings in tropical paper. I hope you all like this card, and as always your comments are greatly appreciated, and thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Sunday, 28 February 2016

Hi there everyone, I made this card to enter into the challenge at 52 (Christmas) card throwdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com.au and it is also card number 13 in my personal challenge to use all my embossing folders. The challenge is February Technique Challenge: Stencilling!! I got the inspiration for this card from Claudia at Von Pappe 11, from her newsletter on 18/12/15, http://vonpappe2.blogspot.com.au,
I used Tim Holtz embossing Rivetted Metal and coloured it with distress Black Soot, Antiqued Bronze Stain and Walnut Stain, I then painted the centre with white Gesso and allowed it to dry I then used three stencils, the first one is an old Christmas tree and the next one is Tim Holtz Tracks and the gold star from a free stencil from Practical Publishing, the first two allowed me to have some texture in the stencilled image that I used Distress stain Peeled Paint. I used various stick on gems for the decoration from my stash and cut a red merry Christmas from a die from Marianne's Creatables, and finally I used white watered down gesso to use the snowflakes. I hope you all like this card, and as always your comments are greatly appreciated, and thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Hello everyone, hope you are all well, here is today's card, I made this one to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #193 Bells, http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au , I started to make this card with white cardstock, and I found an old stencil in my stash of a Christmas Bell, and decided to use my Universal Crafts Marker Airbrush, I had not used it on a card before, had only done some practising, so I used the Distress Marker "Fossilized Amber" and I thought it looked alright so I added some Pine Needles cut with a Memory Box die from some dark green paper from the Kaisercraft 6-1/2" pad "Yuletide", in fact I used this paper for the other green elements on the card front, and I used the bow die from Tim Holtz Bigz die "retro Ornaments" , I like this die and have used it quite a lot, an I used the same paper as the bow for the backing sheet, Pink with White Dots, it was half a page from a free sheet of paper that I found in my stash, The Merry Christmas came from a Christmas Wreath De from Creative Dies and the corner came from a corner die also from Creative Dies. Hope you like this card, and as always your comments are greatly appreciated, thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Sunday, 21 February 2016

Hi everyone, here are two little cards I made today with the "Crazy Birds" I used a variety of stamps and distress inks to make these on a white cardstock, I like the one on the right best, and think I might add a few more stamps to the one on the left. Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Saturday, 20 February 2016

Hi everyone, here is Number 12 in my personal challenge to use all my embossing folders, this one is a Sizzex embossing folder from Christmas set with Snow Flurries, and I used the Bonus Die "Gingerbread Man" which was in this set, and I cut it in white card stock and shaded it with Distress "Vintage Photo" around the edges and stamped the blending tool on the men, I coloured the eyes, nose and buttons with a distress marker "Ground Espresso" and the mouth and decorations on the arms and legs with a red gel pen, I used green cardstock to cut out the trees and the sentiment with dies from the Quickutz Limited Edition Gift Set "Jolly". I shaded the edges with the blending tool and "Vintage Photo", I am entering this card in the 52 (Christmas) card Throwdown February Challenge "Christmas Baking" http://52cct.blogspot.com.au , Hope you all like this card, and your comments are all gratefully appreciated, thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Hi everyone, today I was looking for inspiration to make a 19th wedding anniversary card for my son and his dear wife, and I found a lovely card made by Emma Williams of www.stickydots.blogspot.co.uk and I case'd her card, mine is very different though as I just took the Crazy Birds, I had to make the hats by hand as I don't have the Accessory stamp by Tim Holtz, but I am happy with the way they turned out. I used white cardstock for the card base and used a Twiddley Bitz stencil "Bricks" which I have had for a long time and I used Distress Ink Pad "Vintage Photo" applied with a blending tool, the three hearts are from a very old Fiskars stamp that I also have had for ages, I tend not to throw my old stuff out, I like to keep it, which makes a lot of "stuff" to hoard!!! I love Tim's Crazy birds, and stamped them onto white cardstock with a Stayzon Black Ink Pad, and used distress pads on an acrylic block and applied the colours with a water pen, I used "Tumbled Glass" and "Vintage Photo" for the birds and "Pumice Stone" and "Barn Door" for the boy's hat and I put a little piece of cream Lace and Little Blue roses, that I had in my stash for the girls hat, and I used "Barn Door" for the lipstick on the girl and Memento "Tangelo" ink for the boys beak, and "Vintage Photo" for the earth around the birds feet, and I stamped the flowers for the bouquet and coloured the flowers with a gel pen. Hope you like this card, and I hope my son and his dear wife will get a chuckle from it too, thanks for visiting today, and as always your comments are greatly appreciated, Jasann

Friday, 19 February 2016

hi everyone, here is today's card that I made for a work mate who is leaving and moving to another suburb. I used white card stock for the base and used Tim's Quirky Bird as the main part and I coloured him with distress paints and a water brush, which seemed to work out ok, and I used Ranger Crackle Accents on the eyes to make them stand out, and the other stamps were a variety of old stamps in my stash, without their packages, so I don't know who the manufacturers were, I used the small flowers in red and the sentiment in red to keep the balance, and I used Perfect Pearls White for the pearls on the butterfly, and I am entering this card into two challenges:

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Hi there, this is number 11 of the embossing folders. I have a long way to go before I have finished using all my embossing folders, I used a white cardstock base for this card, with silver card from Poppy's crafts, and I embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder "Polka Dots". I have had this for a long time and have used it quite a lot. I used Tim Holtz "Weathered Clock" and Memory Box "Deluxe Gear Set" both cut out in black card, I also hand cut an arrow, and attached it with a gold brad, that I had in my stash, I stained the silver card with Distress Stain "Antique Bronze" and I also used the same stain to shade all around the base card, I stuck all the elements on with Tom Bow Glue. Hope you all like it, and your comments are always welcome, Thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Hi there everyone, here is Day 10 of my personal challenge of using all my embossing folders, today it is "Steampunk" from the Tim Holtz Pocket watches and steampunk set. I first used a plain white cardstock for the base, and used a piece of Silver Card from Poppy's Card and Paper set, and I embossed it with the gears, I also used a Tim
Holtz "On the edge" cutting die, in Black card for the right hand side, and then I cut out the smaller gears that are from Memory Box "Deluxe Gear Set" and then I cut out the sentiment also in Black card from Creative Dies, which was a free die with a craft magazine, and it is from Craft stash Limited, www.craftstash.co.uk. Hope you like this card, I have to make more male cards as we have a few male birthdays in this family in the next couple of months, Thanks so much for visiting today, and your comments are most welcome, Jasann

Monday, 15 February 2016

Hi everyone, Here is todays card, it was made to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #192 "Berries" http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au, I used a white cardstock base with a red topper that I distressed with m Tim Holtz Distress Tool,, and I cut the white top with Couture Die "Victorian Rectangle" the largest one, and I used Tim Holtz stencil "Festive" with distress inks "Peeled Paint" and "Evergreen Bough" and used a generic Marker for the red berries, I used distress ink "Antique Linen" to shade around the white top, which gives a slight yellow shade, Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting today, also your comments are greatly appreciated, Jasann

Sunday, 14 February 2016

Hi everyone, here is today's card, Day 9 in my personal challenge to use all my embossing folders, I made this card to enter into 52 (Christmas) card Throwdown Challenge: http://52cct.blogspot.com.au, and used a plain white cardstock for the base of the card, I used an old stencil of a rather large Snowflake and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls Spray Mist in Sunflower Sparkle, when this was dry I covered it with Rangers Distress Glaze so that I could put the colour on, which I did with Memento Bahama Blue ink in the "Smooshing" technique, which was on one of the e mails I received, designed by Laura Basson, you will be able to see her technique on You Tube, I used gold card and embossed the sentiment on with an embossing folder that I got as a free gift from Australia Simply Cards magazine, I have to admit that I haven't used this one and I have had it for a very long time!!!! I also used an old craft sizzors to cut the edges of the card and I used cream ribbon from my stash and used Liquid Perfect Pearls in Bizque as an accent on the ribbon. I also shaded around the edges of the card with the Bahama Blue ink, thanks for visiting me today, and thanks for your comments, they are always greatly appreciated, Jasann

Saturday, 13 February 2016

Hi everyone, here is Day 8 in my personal challenge of using all my embossing folders, here is one I haven't used very much it is a Sizzex alterations texture fade from TIm Holtz, Airmail, it came in a set with Compass, and I used the Tim Holtz stamp set "The Journey" and used Distress Vintage Photo for the shading and the stamping and I used Liquid Perfect Pearls in Bisque, I have a few male birthdays coming up and thought this would be a good one for a man!! Hope you all like it, and thanks for visiting today, and your comments are always greatly appreciated, Jasann

Thursday, 11 February 2016

Hi everyone, this is a gatefold card that the inspiration came from Country View Crafts, and I used white cardstock with two stencils Rose Garland I think this one came from Bunnings and a Tim Holtz Doily, and used Distress Ink Pad Chipped Sapphire to colour the background, I used some brown scrapbook paper to cut out the
frameworks and used stamps, Tim's, Curious Possibility for the man and the pen nibs and used another one of Tim's, for the bottle, I don't know what the name of the stamp set is because it came from a garage sale and I don't have the original packaging, I cut out the man and the bottle and attached them with dimensional tape and used a little bronze clock face that I got in a package from China, Thanks so much for visiting today, and your comments are always greatly appreciated, Jasann

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Hi everyone, here is Day 7 in my personal challenge to use all my embossing folders, I used an Mpress embossing folder "Primrose"" and sprayed the inside of the folder with Distress Spray "Cracked Pistachio" which is a lovely light green, and used the debossed side of the folder to make this card, I stamped a butterfly from the Indigo Blue free stamp set that came with an issue of Aust.Simply Cards, and coloured it with distress markers, I am pleased with this result, and should use my sprays more often, thanks so much for calling in today, and your comments are always appreciated, thanks again, Jasann

Monday, 8 February 2016

Hi there, here is a card for my fourth grandson, he was elected a school counsellor yesterday and is only 9 yrs old!!!! I used white card stock and used an old piece of packaging that I stripped the top layer off to show the corrugations and painted it with white gesso, and stained the edges with Distress Ink "Black Soot" I used gold card and an E press cutting die set, there are several sized stars in this set, and I used one of the Tim's Quirky Birds and coloured him with distress pad "Faded Jeans" and Memento Ink Pad "Daffodil" I used ranger crackle accents for the eyes and a distress marker "carved pumpkin" for his beak, the sentiment came from a free star set of stamps and stencils from Papercraft Publishing in a magazine, and I cut the banner my self and used the scor-pal for the scoring, hope you all like it and that he will too!!! thanks so much for visiting today, and your comments are always appreciated, Jasann

Hi there, Here is a Birthday card for my sister's grandson, who's birthday was yesterday, I am so behind with things since I came back from my Daughter in Queensland!!! I used white cardstock, and stained the edges with Ranger Distress Stain, "Walnut Stain" and used paper from Kaisercraft 6-1/2" paper pad "Vintage Timeless", I used the bike die from Die-Versions and the gears from Spellbinders "Spritely Sprockets" the sentiment is from a stamp set that was on sale at our newsagent "The 50's" thanks so much for visiting today, Jasann

Saturday, 6 February 2016

Hi there everyone, I have been working on this scrap page all day and have just finished and I am going to enter it into the Hawkesbury Agricultural Show in April. The photo of two of my grandsons was taken on Book Week 2015 when they were dressing up. For the page background I used old book pages and attached them with Ranger Glue and Seal, I made the little books from scrap paper and used Cheery Lynn Steampunk Owl Dies to cut the white owls, and the little birds are actually covering a boo boo on the page. I got the idea for this page from Vicki at Clip N" Cuts. I used a stencil for the letters on the page and used Vintage Photo and a Black Soot for the edges, hope you all like this, and thanks for all your comments, and thanks very much for visiting, Jasann

Hi everyone, here is day 6 in my personal challenge to use all my embossing folders, this card is for my brother-in-law's birthday, and I used Tim Holtz' Texture Fade "Pocket Watches" and used Distress Stain "Antique Bronze" to colour the white cardstock to a nice colour, I cut out the map and the Post Card from Kaisercraft 6-1/2" paper pad "Vintage Timeless" and roughened up the edges and shaded the edges with Distress Ink Pad "Vintage Photo" I stamped the writing with a Stampendous script stamp that I have had for ages, I am happy how this turned out because I don't have a lot of time to get it in the post, Thanks so much for visiting today and for your comments, always appreciated, Jasann

Hi everyone, here is a card I made today for a birthday, I used plain white cardstock, and smooshed it with Betsy Veldman's technique using a piece of acrylic, I like the way this turned out, and for the birds on the wire I used an old 12" Tim Holtz cutting die and coloured the birds with distress inks, I used distress ink 'Evergreen Bough" for the grasses and shaded all around with Memento Ink "Bahama Blue" which finished off the colouring, I adhered the Birds on the wire with Dimensional Tape, Hope you all like this one, and thanks for your comments, and thanks also for visiting today, Jasann

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Hi everyone, here is Day 5 for my personal challenge to use all the embossing folders in my stash, This one is a pretty frame from Cuttlebug it is an old one that I bought from a garage sale ages ago and this is the first time I have used it. This card I made for the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge "Santa" http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au, I used a Santa stamp and the sentiment from the Christmas Collection from www.sullivans.net. stamp company, and I used "Lady Bug" ink pad from Memento, and shaded the embossing and the edges with my blending tool. hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting today,Jasann